To serve the community, to serve employees and to serve customers. Service was a higher cause. - Simon Sinek

Unless someone is willing to make personal sacrifices for the good of others to earn their place in the hierarchy, they aren't really "alpha material." Simply acting the part is not enough.

There’s just one problem with feelings. They can be tremendously difficult to express in words. That’s the reason we so often resort to metaphors and analogies,

All the perks, all the benefits and advantages you may get for the rank or position you hold, they aren’t meant for you. They are meant for the role you fill. And when you leave your role, which eventually you will, they will give the ceramic cup to the person who replaces you. Because you only ever deserved a Styrofoam cup.